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of the coast as shall be thottlit fit, in order to treat for and conclude said Convention. Art. III.: The River Sir:aticier shall form the line of demarcation between the two armies : Torres Vedras shall not be occupied by either. , Art. IV. The Commander in Chief of the British Army shall engage to include the Portuguese Ar mies in this Convention, and their line of demarca tion shall be from Leira to Thurman Art: V. It is provisionally agreed, that the French Army shall in no case he considered as prisoners of war; that all those of whom it consists, shall . be . coveyed to France, with arms and baggage, and all their private property of every description, no \part of which shall be wrested from them. - Art. VI. No individual, whether native of Portu gal, of a country in alliance with France, or, of France, shall be molested for his political conduct ; they shall be protected in their person 4, their propertiesrespe&ed, and they shall be at liberty to remove from Portu gal with what belongs to them within a stipulated time. - Art. VII. The neutrality of the port of Lisbon shall be recognised with regard 'to the Russian Fleet ; that is to say, when the British' Army or Fleet shall be in possession of the City and Port ; the same Fleet shall not be molested during its continuance there, nor obstructed when leaving it, nor followed after it shall have quitted that .port, before the time prescrib ed by the maritime laws. Art. VIII. All the - artillery of French calibre, as also all the horses of the French cavalry, shall- be transiforted 'to France. Arr. IX. This Suspension of Arms shall. not be brake without forty-eight hours notice. Made and agreed upon by the forernentioned Ge nerals. (Signed) ARTHUR W,ELLltsi.ty. KELLERMANN, G sn , of Div. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. The imisons of the places dccapieilliv the French Army shall be included in the present . Co'nvention, if they shall not' have capitulated before the 25 \ th in stant. (Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY. KELLERMANN, Gen. or Div. (A true Copy.) A. J. DALRYMPLE, Cf..!pill, Sec. DEFINITIVE CONVENTION for the Evacuation of Portugal by the French Army. The Generals commanding in Chief the British and French Armies to Portugal, having determined to negotiate and conclude a Treaty for the eva cuation of Portugal by the French Troops, on the basis of the pgreemetit entered into on the 22d instant, for a Suspension of tiostilitit..s, have ap pointed the undermentioned Officers to necrociate the same in their names. viz.—Oti the part of the General in Chief of - the Britisti ) army, Lieutenant- Colonel Murray, auarter-IVl4ter-eneral, and on the part of the General in ,Chief of the French army, Monsieur Kellermann, qpneral of Division, to whom they have given authority.tO negotiate and conclude a convention to that effea, subject to 'their ratification respeatively, and to that of ti'e Admiral commanding the British Fleet at the entrance of the Tagus. Those two Officers, after exchanging their full powers, have agreed:upon the Articles which follow Art. I. All the places "and forts in the kingdom of Portugal, occupied by the French troops, shall be delivered up to the British army in the4it.ite in which they are at the period of the signature of the present Convention. Art. 11. The French troops shall evacuate Portu gal with their arms and baggy e ; they shall not be considered as prisoners of .war, autl, ,on their arrival in France, they sball be at libertpto 'serve. Art. The EoglAilt Government shall forniiii the means of conveyance for the French army, which shall be disembarked in any of the pot is of France bet weep Rochtort and L'Orient Art. IV. The French army shall carry u ith it all its artillery of French calibre, with the horses be longing to it e and the tumbrils, 'supplied with sixty rounds per gun. All other artillery, arms, and am munition, as also the military and naval arsenals, shall be given up to the British army and navy, in. the state in which they may be at the period of the ratification •of the' convention. -Art. V, The French army shall carry with it all its equipments, ant - Pall that is comprehended 'tinder the .name of property of the army ; that is to say, its .military chest, and carriages attached to the Field Cot missiariat and Field Hospitals, or shall be allowed to dispose of such part of the same on its account as the Commander in Chief may judg., it unnecessary to embark. In like Inaimer all indi viduals of the army shall be at liberty to dispose of their private property of every description,. with full security hereafter for the purchasers. . * Art. VI. The cavalry are to earbark their horses, as also the Generals and other Officers of all ranks. It is however fully understbod that the means of conveyance for horses at the disposal of the British Commanders are very lirtited ; some additional conveyance may be procured in the port of Lisbon •, the number of horses to be embarked by the troops shall not exceed Goo, and the number embarked by . the Staff shall not exceed 200. At all events every facility will be given to tjse French army to-dispose of the horses belonging to it which cannot.be eeit barkt:d. Art. VII. In order to facilitate / the embarkation, it shall take place in three divis:i6ris, the last of which will be principally compoed or the gatrioes of the places, of the cavalry, the artillery, the sick ; and the equipment of the army. The first division shall embark within seven 'days of the dateof tire Ratification, or sooner, it possible. Art. VIII. The Garrison of Bras, and its Fort,;, and. of Peniche and Palitela will be embarked at Lis bon. That of Altnaida at Oporto, or the nearest 17,2:•- bour. They will be accompanied on their march by Ilrirish Comtnissaries, charged with providiug tOr their subsist, nee and accommodation. . *Alt. IX. All the sick and wounded who cannot be embarked with the iroops are entrusted to the British army. 'They are to be taken care of whilst, they remain in this country at the expellee bt the Government, under the condihon of the . same being reimbursed by France when the final eva cuation is effeeted. The English Government will provide for their return to France, Which shall take place by detachments of about 14)1)0 200 men at a time. A sufficient number of iFroncli Medical Offi cers shall be left behind to attend them Art. X. As soon as the Vesses emploled to carry the army to France shall hate di w emb.:rked,tt in the Harbours specified; or in any other of the poi t. of France to which stress of weather may fdrce them, every facility shall be given them to return to Eng land without delay, and securityagainst capture un til their arrival in a friendly port. • Art. XI. The French army shall be concentrated in Lisbon, and within a distance of about two leagues from it. The English Artily,will approach within three leagues of the Capital, and will be so placed as to 'pave .about one league between the two ar mies. Art. XII. The Forts of St. Julien, the Bugio, and Cascais shall be occupied by, the British troops on the ratification of the Convention. Lisbon and its cita del, together with the forts and batteries as far as the Lazaretto or Trafuria on one side, and Fort St. Joseph on the other, inclusively, shall be given up on the embarkation of the Second Division, as shall also the harbour, and all armed vessels in it of every description, • with their rigging, sails, stores, and ammunition. The Fortresses of ElVas, Almaida, Peniche and Palmela shall be given up as soon as the British troops can arrive to occupy them. In , the mean time the General in Chief, of- the British Army will give notice of the present Convention to the garrisons of those places, as also to the troops before them, in order to put a stop to all further hostilities. Art. XIII. Commissaries shall be named on both sides, to regulate and : accelerate the execution of the arrangements agreed upon. ,' Art. XIV. Should there arise doubts as to the meaning of any article, it will be explained favoura bly to the French army. Art. XV. From the date of the ratification of the present Convention, all arrears of contribUtionS, requisitions, or claims whatever; of the French Go vernment, against subje& s of Portugal, or any other individuals residing in this country, founded on the occupation of Portugal by the French troops in the month of December, 1807, which may not have been paid up, are cancelled, and all sequestrations laid upon their property, moveable or immoveable, are removed, and the tree disposal of the same re stored to their proper owners. • • Art. XVI. All subje&s of France, or of Powers in friendship or alliance with France, domiciliated in Portugal, or. - accidentally in this country, shall be protected. Their_property.of every kind, moveable and immoveable, shill be reApeEted, and they shall be at liberty either ,to accompany the French lir ' my or to remain in Portugal. In hither case their property is tuarante,.d to them, wit the liberty of retaining or dispo;ing of it, and passing the produce of the sale thereof into France ; or 2.0 y other coati try where they may fix their residence, the space of one year beingallowed them for that purpose. It is 'fully understood that shipping is excepted from this arrangement, only, however, in so far, as regards leaving the Port, and that Wine of the sti •u -lations above-mentioned can be made the pretext of any cotnmet cial speculation. • Art. XVII. No native of .Portugal shall be.ren dered accountable for his political conduti during the period of the -occupation of . this country by the French army ; and all those who have continued in the exercise of their emplovments,' sir who have ac.• cepted situations under the French Government, are placed under the protection of the British Com manders; they shall sustain no injury in t heir. persons or property, it not having been at their option to be obedient, or not, to the French Government; they are also at liberty. to avail themselves of the stipula . - lions of the 16:11, article. Art. XVIII. The Spanish troops detained on board ship in the Port of Lisbon, shall be given up to the Commander in Chief of the British Army, who engages to obtain of the Spaniards to restore such French subjects, either military or civil, as may have been detained in Spain without being taken in battle, or in consequence of thi;itory operations, but on occasion of the occurreners of the i, , oth of last May, and the doys immediately following. Art.. XIX. 1'l,: re s!ial! bt: an imnrediate ex change established for all ranks of yiris• uers made in Portugal, since the comtnencern ol; the pie sent hostilities.. • Alt. XX. Hostages of the rank of Fi'eld.-Officers shall be mutually furnished on tlie, part Bri tish Army and Navy, and on that of the French Army, for the rcciptocal guarantee of the present Convention. The Officer ,r 1 the British Army shall be restored on the completion of the Articles which concern the Army and the Officer of the Navy oh the disembiirkation of . the . French troops in thci ► own country. The like is to take place on the pAt of the French Army. Art. XXI. It si,all tie allowed to the General in Chief of the French Army, to, send an Officet ,to Frailee with intelligence of the present C .nvention. A vessel will be furnished by the British Admiral to convey him to Bourdeaux or Rochefort. Art. XXII, The British Admiral will be invited to accommodate his Excellency the Command:A- in Chief, and the other principal Officers of the French Army, on boar 4 of . Sii . tps of War. Done and concluded. at Lisbon, this 4oth day of August, 1808. (Signed GEORGE MURRAY, Quartet - 7 - Master-General: • KELLER:. lANN, le GLeral de. Nous Dile IYAbrant6s, Gen6ral en Chef de I'Ar tn6e Vraitcai,e, a‘ous ratifie', et ratitions la presente Convention Wtinitive dans tous ses Art;cles, Four etre executC•o kelon sa forme et teneur. LE TALIC (Sin) Au Quartior it 3, Al„tat, ►BuB, ADDI T I It - FR:LES to th Convention of the ut Ugt;bt, i/Soti Art. I. The individualit 'in the civil erngloy men t of th e : it -niy t wd e pri,nners, either by the _British tioops, or by the Purn.gnese, in any :part of Portu gal, wiU 4,; rt:stored, as is, customary, witirout ex change. H. The French Army shall be 3ublisted from its own ntngazi,nei Up to the day of embar',l:ion. The Garriso3s up to the day of the .-.1 - acuOon of he . , I The reniainder of the magazines shall be deli: Br ed over in the uival form to the. Briti4h Govern ment, which charges itself •with the sui)sisten'ce of the men and horses of the army, fronk the abOye- - rnentioned . periods, till their arrival in Fran ce , un d er the.'condition of their being rchnhar:led by the ;~:~- ~;j Fe.':ocii Government for the e . Y.eti, ss'Ofilfigexpence 'bey ~ irt the estimation to belri:k.i ,birilMh parties ot• the value of the magazines- delivered up to. the .I.3ritidi Army. The provisions on board the Ships of War, in possession of the French Army, will be taken on account by the British Government, in like manner with the magazines in the Fortresses. - Art: 111. The General Commanding the British troops will take the necessary measures for re-esta blishing the free circulation of the means of subsist enPe between the country . and the capital. .11one and concluded at Lisbon this 30th day of -August, 1808. (Signed) GEORGE MURRAY, Quarter- Master-General. • KELLER MANN, le Gen6ral de Division. Nous Doc D'Abrantes G6neral en Chef de I'Ar mee Francais-, avons ratitie et ratifions les Articles Actditionels it Ia Cotiveritionet controic. pour etre executes suivant lour thrme et. tencur. , LE MX D'ABIUNTES. (A true Copy) :'• A. J. DALRYMPLE, Captain, 4iitttry.Secretary. Admiralty-Office, Sept. IU, I 8 () . Captain Halsted, First Captain to the Squadron, under ,he command of Admiral Sir' Charles Cotton, Bart. Commander in Chief of. his Majesty's Ship* : and Vessels on the Coast of Portugal, arrived yester day at this Office, with dispatches from the Admiral to the Bon. William Wellesley Pole, of Which the . following are Copies • SIR, Hibernia, off the Tagus, Sept. 3,180 S., Inclosed herewith, for t14.. - information of .the Lords Commissioners of the. Admiralty, is a Copy of a • Convention * entered into by : ;11eiVienant- Colonel Murray and General-Kellermiguifor the evacuation of Portugal by the French ,Appy, ; ,such Convention having been ratified by Lieut.-General Sir Hew Dalrymple, myself, and the French Com mander in Chief. British Troops, consisting of the 3d and 4e,.'d regiments, were on the 2d inst. landed, to occupy the Forts of Cascais, St. Antonio, St. Ju lien, and the Bugio, and no time shall be lost to em- I bark the French Troops,' agreeably to the said Con vention. Ciptain Halsted, First Captain of this Ship, and Captain of the Fleet, who is the bearer of dispatches to their LordshipS respe&ing the Russian Squadron in the Tagus, is in full possession of my confidence, and will be able to explain to their Lordships the motives inducing w to ratify the .Convention in question, as t% ell as give any further information that way be thotight necessary. J have the (s i i - i gi c i i e n d o 3 or.,to , be, c Br . c c 9N4r: • Hon. W. Wellesley Pole, &c. ,* A Copy of the .Convention inclosed in the Letter from Sir Hew Dalrymple. 9IR, Hibernia, ofFthe Tagus, 4th Sept. ad, Herewith I have the honour to inclbse to yOu far the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admhalty, , a Copy of a , Convention • entered into by me, with Vice-Admiral Sernavin, commanding the Russian Fleet in :he Tagus, by which ;t will a pp ear to their Lordships that suc h Fleet has been surren dered to me, to be held by his Majesty as a deposit, until six motAhs utter the conc:usion of a Pe:.ce be t weem Russia and England. I have charged CJstain Halsted, First Captain of: the Hibernia, and C.iptilin of the Fleet,. with,th e delivery of this Dispatch to their Lordships; he was sent by me to negotiate the Convention with Vice, Admiral . S,niavin„and will be abie to explain every ,particular. To Captain Halsted I feel greatly indebted-for his able advice and as,istance upon all points nfsi•vice; his zeal and diligence have been exemplary, and e n. titiv him to my highest commendation. Rear-Admiral Tyler 1414 been direaed to super intend the first di: ision of the Russian Fleet, which I purpose ordering; under his protection immediately . to Spit head; to him •(sinee with me) I' have b een .indebted for every assistan,:e; and, to the Cap ta i ns, Officers, and Crews, of those Ships that - have been einp . toyed throughout a tedninsly protracted:blockade (by whom every exertion has been made with a degree of cheerfulness doing them infinite honour) I, feel extremely graieful, and deem it my duty, to off:r every possible testimony.of, my approbation in their tat our. Phan the honour to be, Sec. (Signed) P i on. W. W. Pole,- &c. 4c. Zrc. C. COTTON. ARTICLES of a CO NV E 3\l TI 2N entered into between Viee-Ad.niral Seniavin, Knight of the.Ooter Of ( Stt - Ate.x. ander, ; and other Russian 0 mers, and Admiral t.itr,cirlr;es Cotton, Baronet, for the Surrender of the Russian Fleet, now ;Ith:flored in the River Tagus. tr . • Art. 1. The Ships of ,War of the Emperor of Russia now in the Tagus, as specified in the annexed list, shall be delivered up to AdMiral Sir 'Charles Cotton, immediately, with all their stores as they now are; to be sent to England, and there held as g deposit by his Britannic Majesty, to be restored to f his-Imperial. Majesty, (within six months after the conclusion of a peace between' his Britannic Majes.! ty and-his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias. Art. 11. Vice-Admiral Seniavin, with the Officers, Sailors, and Marines, under his command, to return to Russia without any condition or stipulation te speating their future services ; to be . ronveycd there in Men of War, or proper'Vessels, at the expenc&of his Britannic Majesty. Done and concluded on board tit,. Ship I,'Werday„ in the TaguS, and on board his Britannic Ma jesty's Ship Hibernia, uti: the mouth of that River, the 3d day of September, 1808. (Signed) DE SENIA VI Nr. (Sigt:ed) CHARLES COITON. • (Counter-signed) by command of the Admiral, L. Stvss, Assesseur de College. (Counter-signed) by command of the Admiral, JAMEti KE:44NEny, Secre;ary.. Lis . of the Ships reterr.dto io the foregoing ; Convention. T‘ve:day, Vice-Admiral Seniavin, Captain du ter rang Ma. ! , ;-,y-n, of 74 guns, and 736 men. du rer rang Schelling, of 6p guns, and . 3 4 dm'. Si, .env, Captain du znd rang Bitehenskny, of ,74 guns, 598 :Twit. S. ..atetiel. Captain 'du zud rang Roshnofr, of 74 guns, and O to men. • Ratviiau, Captain du zd rang Rtishehofr, of 66 guns, and 7549 men : • • Sifnuy, Captain-Lieutenant Malygruin, of 74 guns, and 604 men. Motchnoy, Captaip<Liegenant Rasvosoff - of ,4 guns, and_ 62.9 men. • Rafael, Captain-Lieutenant Bytchenskop, of SO gas ,zr4 646 men. • Fregatte Kildilyn, Captain-Lieutenant Dournoif, of 26 guns, and zzz men. Yarowslavl, Captain du and rang, Milkoff; of 74 gum, and 567 men. Tutal-5685 men. (Signed) MALI VjEFF, le Capitaine de Pavilion. FRENCH PAPERS. Sr. PETERSBURGII, JULY 28.-Our Co in Ga zette of to-day gives, us the following details of the military operations in Finland " On the 3d July, Colonel WLASTOW found, near Lindulax, 1600 of the. enemy's 'troops, witit twoTieces of cannon, under the orders of Major VEAN, occupying an advantageous position. Both our flanks,: which the enemy surrounded, were at first obliged . to retire ; but the Grenadiers of Asaw gallantly charged with the bayonet, and drove the enemy back ; when a squadron of Dragoons, com manded. by Lieutenant-Colonel PRITTWITZ, com pletely routed them. The enemy wished to take up his former positions, but irling attacked by the whole•detachment, he was put to flight in great dis- . order, when a part took the great road to Gamla CarJeby, and part that of Wasa. The troops of the enemy suffered greatly on the road to Wasa ; their loss in killed consists of 100 Men,' among which is an. Adjutant of Brigade. A Captain, two 'Lieute nants, and 50 men, have been made prisoners. Our loss in killed and wounded amounts to 150 men. " The enemy has reinforced the Fleet before Abo, and the a&ual number of his Ships and Transports ,there is 120. The Commander in Chief being aware of the superiority of the enemy, has drawn all his force towards Abo. " The third division of our Fleet has received or ders to unite with the first. The Commander in Chief expeaed, on the Bth, to be, attacked every moment, ‘c The division of the Fleet which arrived at • Sweaborg on the sth has received orders to go to Parkalaut, Boristmd, and Handgudd. Gen. KLINGs' POit was at 13ragasta, on the 6th, with 8000 men and 25 pieces of cannon. On the Bth of July Go' neral BEJINSKI being informed that the enemy had advanced on the 7th to Lappo, which he occupied in the night, our chasseurs attacked the enemy ill front, whilst the musqueteers cut off their retreat. Our troops fell with wet) impetuosity on the Swedes, that they were . beaten.at all points, and would most certainly have lost their artillery if Major pI.ATA , Now had not been wounded. The enemy left about quo men dead on the•tit.-Id of battle, and half of his detachment has been dispersed-40 men have beel l found among the wounded. On our side, We ha o v u e l acl not 7 a s lio n w iet t i ls kid t() l l v e iass c: i r e l x i v i c e m e n n d e e i d n . y The hea t more - than ten versts."—(Moniteur, dfug.'2.) _ • MAILS. ARRIV;2-1 Dublin, x Watexfoni. Dux-2, Gottenburgba WAterford. PRICE ()i STOCKS THIS DAY A I •rwt.L.v E O'CLOCK. CODSOIS • • -1! 644 thpnium x*dis. TII E S J. N. - lOLIM Qt./1$ DICRRE 17.'.1SUY. AUDIAT ? LON D 0 k,TURDAT, 5El'l EMBER 17, 1308. • We• have this day laid before our Readers the Gazelle Extraorlllary, containing- the details re' speding the Convqtion entered into between the British and French Commanders in Portugal. We entertained a hope that the perusal of the Letter of Sir HEW DALRYMPLE might account satisfaelorib r for the very favourable terms granted by an Argil so suptrier in numbers, and after two decisive vie' tories : in that hope we confess we have been dinar pointed. We. trust our Readers will forgive es i f we decline the inortifying task of. commenting ill detail upon these Articles—they require no Coln" men t. • Orders were sent down yesterday by the T ele" graph, to Deal, for Admiral GAatmptes. S q uadron or in the D owns to sa il to t h t; N orthward 3 it was vosed that th e i r d est i nat i on w a s the Baltic. . Our Letters from Cork state., that Sir D. BAIRD'S ,Expedition had not sailed on' the loth. It was, however, generally supposed that it would sail on the Icah or 13th, if the wind permitted. We are happy to announce the arrival of the Marc (pis Da RomANA at Yarmouth. Ho was receive d in the most distinguished manner by Admira l Auss eLL. YES T ERDAY evening a Mail from Gottenburghar . rived. It brings an account of an. AL' betweeP Sir SAMUEL Hoot) and the Russian. Fleet in tho Baltic. It appears that Sir SAMUEL HOOD had , with two Sail of the Line, joined the Swedish Fleets with which he sailed in pursuit of the Russians. The Russian Admiral, apprized of their approach, quitted Henga Roads on the 25th of August : he was, haw" ever, overtaken by the Combined Squadron. The British Ships, the Centaur and the Implacable, being much better sailers thati the Swedes, succeeded in bringing the rear of the Russian Fleet to action, and one of their Line-of-battle Ships struck her colours. The whole of the Russian Fleet then bore down to rescue her, in which they succeeded; but she was again attacked by the Centaur, and carried by board ing-; she unfortunately, however, got agrOund, and Sir S. Hoop was obliged, after taking nut the pa' soners, to burn her. The Swedish Fleet at that tinct 3 coming up, the Russian Admiral crowded all sail And took let' ige in Port where h Was blocke d